Carnival Dream Cabin 9363 Cruise Reviews

Carnival Dream Cabin 9363 - Jun 2012

Great room for the three of us (1 adult, 2 children, ages 7 & 4).
Location for us was perfect: only 1 floor below the Lido deck, which had the main pool, oversized TV, dining, 24-hr pizza...I did laundry, too and it was conveniently located just two floors below (7) and almost directly under our room.
Balcony was great. We asked for an extra chair since the kids fought over one each time, so the balcony was a little tight because of it, but not hearing the "war of the chairs" was the lesser of two evils! BRING A PORTABLE ALARM CLOCK OR WATCH HANDY...I did, and thank goodness, because I never knew what time it was in our room...there are clocks by the stairs, but who wants to go even that far just to see what time it is. Also a couple clocks on Lido deck.
Electrical: If you plan on plugging more than one item in (like a curling iron AND recharge your camera, video camera, DS game, etc.) request an extension cord early on. I lived with just one for about 5 days and alternated stuff before I finally just asked...and was lucky enough to get a very long orange one that served the purpose, although it was a bit long and in-the-way -- if I had asked earlier (which staff suggested I should do next time early on to ensure I can get a cord), I might have received something smaller. Oh, and I never did figure out how to turn on these lights that were attached to the mirrors...they had light bulbs but darned if I could figure out where the switch was!!! No matter, plenty of light...but the one decorative wall light was kind of pretty and I wondered what it might look like actually turned on...
Noise: well, my girls and I can sleep through anything...yes, we heard noise, chairs being moved around...but I also kind of like "life" going on while I'm sleeping, and apparently my girls do, too...noise was absolutely not a problem for us, but for some lighter, more sensitive sleepers, it probably would be.
Sleeping arrangements -- one "queen sized" (I think?) bed and one single...girls always fought who would sleep in the bed with me (yeah, I got dibs on the queen bed, and I wasn't movin'!) :) So, depending on your travel partners, you may want to take that into account.
We didn't notice any smells like some other reviews I read about this room did. Saw two hot tubs when we looked down from our balcony but didn't "smell" them where we were.
Staff was very helpful. Really nice room for 2 people (or 3 smaller ones!)